143rd Street & Ferndale Avenue
The three-way junction of 143rd Street and Ferndale Avenue is in South Jamaica, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Brooks Senior Center is 740 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Lakewood Av/Remington St, is 710 feet away for the Q40 and Q41, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Lakewood Av/Remington St, 710 feet away, for the Q40 and Q41.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Lakewood Av/Remington St Q40, Q41710 feetQ40 Q41
Next buses at this stop
- Q40 …
- Q41 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 111-02 Van Wyck Expressway Gas station0.6 miles
- 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers1.1 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2020.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11435
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 12
- City Council district
- 28
- Police precinct
- 103
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- South Jamaica
- Elevation
- 28 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in October 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Ferndale Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEleven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
- 2 gardens
- 2 older adult centers
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 160 Walter Francis Bishop School1,160 feet
- Jennys Exploring Minds Daycare Pre-K1,170 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Back To Eden Community Garden1,050 feet
- Dunton Community Garden1,140 feet
Houses of worship
- Joy Church DLCF House of worship320 feet
- Brooks Methodist Church House of worship360 feet
Community centers and public services
- Brooks Senior Center Older adult center740 feet
- Older adult center at 143-22 109th Avenue Older adult center740 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 143rd Street & Glassboro Avenue 260 feet
- Pinegrove Street & Ferndale Avenue 330 feet
- 109th Avenue & 143rd Street 450 feet
- 143rd Street & 110th Avenue 520 feet
- 109th Avenue & Remington Street 540 feet
- Inwood Street & Ferndale Avenue 590 feet
- Remington Street & Lakewood Avenue 650 feet
- 111th Avenue & 143rd Street 670 feet
See every intersection along 143rd Street or Ferndale Avenue.